Grateful for the opportunity to craft a white paper for @FrontlineEdu Research &Learning Institute. Looking forward to assisting more schools with their analytics needs as they continue to grow towards student #equity , #success & #Empowerment ! https://t.co/2dygvqvSG0
As has become tradition, to honour Sir Ken today, we have put together a playlist of some of our favourite videos of him on YouTube. Some you may have seen before, others you may have not.
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So I am a bit broken-hearted when I continuously see folks willing to say they won’t celebrate Independence Day! We stand free! We stand in a place, not perfect but abiding in the fact each day we can be better. If we cannot embrace our lineage we cannot deserve our future!
“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’”
Michael W Smith
If we are genuinely committed to supporting & elevating student voice, why would we stifle it on such an important day in their lives? At commencement students should be free to express their cultural heritage, pride & joy on achieving this milestone. In @WashoeSchools they will.
Retroactively moving the needle for measuring success benefits no Texan. It is important before a shift in practice is made, that all stakeholders have an understanding of current measures and their impact on the system.
We urge the legislature to intervene and ensure the elected representatives of the people evaluate the accountability system holistically to improve how we measure success and communicate school performance to families.
Read the letter below: 👇🏻
We urge the legislature to intervene and ensure the elected representatives of the people evaluate the accountability system holistically to improve how we measure success and communicate school performance to families.
Read the letter below: 👇🏻
Dr. CyLynn Braswell is a student data guru who loves supporting innovation in school districts. In this video, she shares how she works with school districts to facilitate organizational improvement and make sense of their student data:
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At Northwest ISD CTE, we believe every student
should get real: real academics, real skills and a
real-world competitive advantage! Learn about the
opportunities available in middle and high school by
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When a student is disengaged, do we attribute this to the student's "misbehavior?" After all, behaviors are choices, right? But what if we reframe our dilemma and ask what this says about our instruction and consider new strategies? #LeadInclusion#UDL#SEL#EdChat#inclusion
Nearly 200 NISD students will showcase their work this Saturday - from livestock to ag mechanic and floral projects! All are invited to attend this great event that kicks off stock show season! #IAmNISDCTE@NHSTexans@EatonHighSchool@ByronNelsonHigh
"At its core, making data reusable requires prioritizing which data should be shareable – mapping to returns – before engineering for scalability." —@fernandolucini, Accenture
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Rita Pierson famously remarked, “children don't learn from people they don't like.” They also don't learn from adults they don’t think like them. How do our words, facial expressions, and body language communicate kindness and caring? #LeadInclusion#EdChat#SEL#Inclusion